Synonyms for push back
push back

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1. rollback, push backverb

   the act of forcing the enemy to withdraw

   Synonyms:
   rollback

2. repel, drive, repulse, force back, push back, beat backverb

   cause to move back by force or influence

   "repel the enemy"; "push back the urge to smoke"; "beat back the invaders"

   Synonyms:
   tug, push, gross out, aim, force, rebuff, repel, drive, labour, revolt, take, repulse, motor, fight off, disgust, get, drive back, ride, labor, ram, beat back, snub, force back

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1. Justin Levitt:

   Unfortunately, a pattern we have seen over and over again, is that when incumbents view a community as a threat to their maintenance of political power, they will use their own power to push back against that threat.

2. Somchai Na Bangchang:

   We did not push back the boat or kick them out.

3. Eric Schmitt:

   We should be continuing to want to know more about any variant, and the truth is, Covid's with us. There is always going to be a new variant, but I think people have had enough of the government locking people down, they've had enough of the government instituting mask mandates, they've had enough of the government instituting vaccine requirements. And so, every time there is an overreach, we're going to push back.

4. Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo:

   At this point to violate social distancing rules, it's just selfish, if everybody today went out and violated the rules I will definitely have to push back the date at which we can reopen the economy.

5. Julie Gunlock:

   If Meghan Markle really wanted to be provocative and challenge people's views, she would push back on men who abandon their wives, partners, and children and reject the destructive narrative that tells boys and young men that theirnatural behaviors are inappropriate, toxic, dangerous, and in need of reform, markle thinks she's produced something new, but she's done nothing original or even interesting. Masculine behaviors in boys and young men and traditional fatherhood aren't the problem. What is a problem in this society ischildren growing up without fathers and boys being told they are inherently bad or damaged.